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Storing fireworks (and certain other explosives)

Most premises used for the storage of fireworks require an explosives licence. Premises at which certain other explosives are kept may also be subject to explosives licensing.

For more details about storing fireworks and other explosives and to download an explosives licence application form, see our explosives licence page.

Selling fireworks throughout the year

Fireworks may only be supplied during permitted periods of the year, unless the supplier holds an annual licence permitting the sale of fireworks at other times. This is a separate and additional requirement to holding an explosives storage licence.

Petroleum spirit

We are the petroleum enforcement authority for the county and we're responsible for issuing petroleum storage certificates to petrol filling stations and private sites where petroleum is kept for dispensing into vehicles.

A person keeping petrol under certain other storage arrangements may need to hold a licence for that purpose.